Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:48 AM PDT on September 20, 2018

Lime appeals SF scooter permit plan “developed in secret” (Curbed)
Rising housing costs are re-segregating Bay Area (UC Berkeley)
Palo Alto spends $46 million on new housing… for cars (Systemic Failure)
This is paradise: A car-free city in Spain (Guardian)
Decline and rebirth of Rotterdam’s “city living room” (Guardian)
San Diego joins Orange County with permission to create a neighborhood vehicle electrification program (Fox)
Oakland, Stockton ports also to invest in electrifying portside trucks (SF Gate)
After Climate Summit, California is ready to take action (Union of Concerned Scientists)
La Cañada ponders how to pay for freeway soundwalls (LA Times)
Against all odds, California is building high-speed rail (The Architect’s Newspaper)
Under Doug Ford, Ontario is pedaling backwards, fast, on climate policy (TreeHugger)
Simon Cowell laughs at helmet-wig gift—but maybe he could advocate a little more strongly for good bike lanes (Daily Mail)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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